DESCRIPTION
This is a wonderful example of a mid-war front line military polizei combat helmet. Although faintly stamped I can make out a Q and based on the 54 on the leather tongue this is clearly an M40 Q62 helmet. The polizei decal is nearly perfect as is the red party shield which although nearly 100% does have some white residue markings which I would love to take some lighter fluid to in order to gently wipe it off but am too afraid to do so. I know that lighter fluid is the least obtrusive method for removing old glue and paint from hard surfaces and is used for lifting old stamps without doing any harm to the surface but I just don't like messing with decals and leave them as I find them. Interestingly enough the red party shield shows a slight distortion as if slight stretched or contorted during the factory application process.
The chinstrap appears to be all original but was broken at some point and then those segments piecemealed back together using vintage brass rivets and things might find in a 1950's garage. Nice that it's still somewhat there however. The liner is named on the inside to the original German soldier and reads something like " Geslau".
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GERMAN HELMET FACTORY PRODUCTION CODES
(Every original German helmet produced from 1935 to 45 had two factory stampings punched into the side and rear or both in the rear. The alpha numeric number refers to the factory location and the inside metric circumference in centimeters. The rear lot number refers to the production run and was used as a quality control measure. The font styles used at each factory were slightly different but highly consistent throughout the war and so fakes or reproductions will either not have these numbers at all or they will use the wrong font style or letter spacing and so are easily identified as post war made.)
(FS or EF)-Emaillierwerke AG, Fulda, Germany
(ET or ckl)-Eisenhuttenwerke, Thale, Germany
(Q)-Quist, Esslingen, Germany
(NS)-Vereinigte Deutsche Nikelwerke, Schwerte, Germany
(SE or hkp)-Sachsische Emaillier u. Stanzwerke, Lauter, Germany
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Please call, text or email me if interested.
Tel/Text: 1-438-502-5052
Email Us: helmetsofwar@gmail.com
GERMAN HELMET FACTORY PRODUCTION CODES
(Every original German helmet produced from 1935 to 45 had two factory stampings punched into the side and rear or both in the rear. The alpha numeric number refers to the factory location and the inside metric circumference in centimeters. The rear lot number refers to the production run and was used as a quality control measure. The font styles used at each factory were slightly different but highly consistent throughout the war and so fakes or reproductions will either not have these numbers at all or they will use the wrong font style or letter spacing and so are easily identified as post war made.)
(FS or EF)-Emaillierwerke AG, Fulda, Germany
(ET or ckl)-Eisenhuttenwerke, Thale, Germany
(Q)-Quist, Esslingen, Germany
(NS)-Vereinigte Deutsche Nikelwerke, Schwerte, Germany
(SE or hkp)-Sachsische Emaillier u. Stanzwerke, Lauter, Germany